An early-'50s sci-fi anthology offering both original stories and adaptations of classics like `Frankenstein' ( Lon Chaney Jr. was the monster) and `20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' (with Thomas Mitchell, Leslie Nielsen and Brian Keith). Others who appeared i (more…)An early-'50s sci-fi anthology offering both original stories and adaptations of classics like `Frankenstein' ( Lon Chaney Jr. was the monster) and `20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' (with Thomas Mitchell, Leslie Nielsen and Brian Keith). Others who appeared included Boris Karloff, Richard Kiley, Veronica Lake, Cloris Leachman, Raymond Burr, Darren McGavin, Burgess Meredith and Rod Steiger (who costarred with James Dean in a May 1953 episode).

Leslie Nielsen, whose career went from officious and villainous types to the hilariously buffoony roles in Airplane! and the Naked Gun movies, died Sunday of complications from pneumonia, his agent told TVGuide.com. He was 84.
See other celebrit… Read more

Premise: An early-'50s sci-fi anthology offering both original stories and adaptations of classics like `Frankenstein' ( Lon Chaney Jr. was the monster) and `20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' (with Thomas Mitchell, Leslie Nielsen and Brian Keith). Others who appeared i… (more)